If any other institutions in America were as unsuccessful in achieving their ostensible purpose as our prisons are‚ we would shut them down tomorrow.” said James Gilligan a professor of psychology and law at New York University.More than 90 percent of prisoners released to the public return to prison within a few years‚ many times for an offence more violent than the last.These are a few of the reason why prisons should focus less on punishing the prisoner and more on rehabilitating them.The current
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Osei-kusi Canada can be seen as polar opposites from the United States of America on many different levels such as health care‚ firearm laws and population. Although these two countries share similarities when it comes to prisons and how they are run. I believe Canada implies a prison industrial complex because of the ideologies‚ legislation and criminal justice goals that allow for the prison industrial complexes to thrive and expand. A prison industrial complex is where private businesses benefit
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THE LOST POPULATION Women in prison experience more challenges in the correctional systems today than ever. Many of the problems seen today with imprisoned women are issues that have rolled over for centuries since the Era of Reform. Women have also been subjected to many stereotypical views since the 1800’s‚ especially one view that perceives them as the weaker sex. Since birth women are treated delicately by society and are guided into stereotypical female roles. In U.S. correctional facilities
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The United States currently has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Over 2.4 million persons are in state or federal prisons and jails—a rate of 751 out of every 100‚000. Over 3‚500 of these are awaiting execution; some for Federal crimes‚ most for capital offenses in one of the 36 states that still allows for capital punishment. Another 5 million are under some sort of correctional supervision such as probation or parole (PEW 2008). Even more alarming is a phenomenon known as the Pipeline
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What makes us good citizens? It is hard to answer that question because every person can think about different definition of a good citizen. Many can call themselves good citizens just because they work‚ pay taxes and obey law. But is it enough? Not for everyone. Good citizens do not serve their own interest but rather understand that their deeds affect the world around them. They serve their families‚ friends and others in need without prejudice and selfishness. They care about the condition of
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What would you do with a million dollars?The amount of money that will pass through your hands over a working lifetime is incredible. For example‚ if you work 40 years and earn only an average of $25‚000 per year‚ you will have made $1 million even without salary increases due to inflation. The average family in America earns nearly $50‚000 per year. You are likely to earn over $2 million dollars in yourlifetime! What will you do with your millions? Many older people have spent it all. Is that what
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Prison Enviroment A prison environment is a place where inmates are physically confined and deprived of a range of personal freedoms. It is a cold and unfeeling place to be. There are many levels of conflict and tension (Foster‚ 2006). The prison environment influences the institutional management and custody by the growing population and the gangs within the facility. Overcrowding aggravates the natural conflicts that rely within the prisons walls which then escalate violence. When working with
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a large sum of groups that populate prisons‚ from offenders with AIDS to youthful offenders usually under the age of 25. The population of offenders that I will be discussing is the group of the mentally ill in prisons. Mentally ill offenders are individuals with mental disorders‚ according to NAMI.org (National Alliance on Mental Illness)‚ a mental illness is “...a medical condition that disrupts a person’s thinking‚ feeling‚ mood‚ ability to relate to others and daily functioning. Just as diabetes
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Caine Disabilities in Jails To have a disability means that you have a physical or mental illness that limits your activities movement‚ senses‚ or activities. Three percent of state prison population meets federal statutory definition of developmental disabilities. Inmates with developmental disabilities have long prior histories of criminal convictions involving more serious offenses than other inmates to have served a prior prison or jail term. Prisoners with disabilities are flying under the
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How Do Men View Women There are different variables that play into why women are viewed as objects. In today’s society media plays a role on how men view women. As one can see on television commercials and magazines‚ this adds to why men view women as sexual objects. Although all women are not the same and are individually different‚ the question remains how should a man look at a woman? In the passage‚ Looking at Women written by Scott Russell Sanders‚ he uses different examples to demonstrate
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